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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Conder101, post: 2305686, member: 66&quot;]Yep formerly an encased cent.&nbsp; When they make those they put the cent into a hole in the encasement planchet and then strike it with a die that has a hole in the center.&nbsp; Usually the hole in the die is slightly smaller than the diameter of the coin.&nbsp; It mashes the edge of the coin and causing it to &quot;cup&quot; and the metal of the encasement flows into the cup locking the two pieces together.&nbsp; If the design goes all the way to the edge of the hole you can end up with a coin that shows strange designs on the rims.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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